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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Monarchs and Cicadas

I didn’t plan to be away from these parts for so long. {I recently created a pinterest account (my boards are here) which has used up most of my computer time, it’s rather addictive and can leave you feeling a little saturated by all the visual inspiration. }
We have been spending these last few days of summer swimming at our local pool (it closes tomorrow, sigh) and looking for butterflies.
It’s the annual migration and the monarchs have been putting on such a show for us.
Not sure of this variety.
We have also been hunting for falling cicadas and found this little guy. The cicada song fills our backyard throughout the summer. That song will end as soon as the weather turns cool.
Enjoy the long weekend,

Great pictures! How gorgeous! Our class made some humming cicadas out of PVC pieces, last week. I have yet to post about it on my blog (MUST do that soon), but generally we used some metal bolts to rub against the little plastic pieces. The children LOVED it, and we had a class cicada band! If you want to check out my blog in a day or two, I should get to posting some pictures of how to do it. Thanks! : ))))